LEGO LEGENDS

ABOUT US

Back left: My name is Alexander. I am 8 years old. I like to sing, watch television, and play with my friends. I help my team by giving ideas and building with Lego. This is my first year being on an FLL Jr team. Something that I like about being on this team is making new friends.

Back right: My name is Tobias. I am 8 years old. I like to play games and play baseball. I also like to eat and design things. I help my team with my building and writing skills. This is my first year being on an FLL Jr team. My favourite parts are coming up with the team name and building with Lego.

Front left: My name is Gracie. I am 6 years old. I like to cook, play dress up, and go to the library. I work well with other people and this helps me get along with my team. This is my first FLL Jr project. My favourite part about being on a team this year has been playing with my friends and learning more about Lego.

Front right: My name is Nyomi. I am 7 years old. I like swimming, tea parties, and shopping. I use my Lego building skills to help my team. This is my first year of FLL Jr. Something I like about being on this team is making new friends and building with Lego.

OUR SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

We did a lot of research for our project. First, we learned about the water cycle. Next we learned about how much water humans use for drinking, bathing, making food, and making things such as clothes and electronics. We use water in a lot of different ways!We took two field trips to learn about how people use water. The first was to a primary water treatment facility that takes water from a lake and cleans it for people in our community to use. The second trip was to a wastewater treatment facility where they clean the water we’ve used so it can go back into our water supply.​

OUR PROJECT: WATER AND WASHING MACHINES

For our project, we decided to learn more about washing machines. We learned that the water comes from pipes in our home. Besides water, soap, dirty clothes, and some small food items (specks on clothes) go into the washing machine. The water used to clean clothes, the soap, and dirt all goes down the drain and into the pipes in our house and then out to the sewer system. From there it goes to the wastewater treatment facility where the water gets cleaned and then it gets released into the Thames River.

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OUR MODEL: WHAT IT SHOWS

Our model starts with a lake and the water is pumped to the water treatment plant. The water is cleaned and pumped to the house. The water goes into our washing machine to wash the dirty clothes. The dirty water goes down the drain through a pipe to the wastewater treatment plant. The water gets cleaned again and sent to the river.​

OUR MODEL: WHAT MOVES AND WHY

We have an inclined plane showing water moving down using gravity.We have a wheel and axle on our car and in our large fan.We have gears in our pump. It is pumping our clean water.​